unmarked but characteristic of French maker Bertrand
obverse bearing machine-embroidered silver aluminum bullion wire double sig runes of the Waffen-SS and number “2”
consisting of four hidden black bakelite buttons on the right side meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left
Hans Strecker states that he is in possession of the following things: a wooden plate with letter exchange
The waistband is flanked on each side by adjustable straps
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Double-Marked Version with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive unmarked but characteristic of French((Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback featuring a double makers mark consisting of